While critics might say that Walter P. Reuther, the patriarch of the UAW, might not agree with the givebacks and concessions made by the union in the automobile companies' restructuring, Mike Smith predicted that even the late union leader would agree with the UAW\'s recent strategic moves. \"There are forces out there that say ... Reuther would be rolling in his grave,\" Smith said. \"I happen to disagree with that. \"There is ample evidence ... that when crisis situations arose, Walter Reuther would take a pragmatic view.\"